Lajuan Covington was shot to death at his home on Stem Lane on Friday. Two people are charged in the case.David Harris | mlive.com

MT. MORRIS TOWNSHIP, MI -- Police arrested the second person involved in last week's slaying of a 33-year-old man, according to court records.

Javante K. McQueen is charged with open murder, felon in possession of a firearm and felony firearms in the homicide of Lajuan Covington. He was arraigned on the charges Wednesday and he was denied bond, court records show.

He is lodged in the Genesee County Jail.

Police were called to a home on Stem Lane in the Beecher area for a man shot around noon Friday. Police said Covington was lying in bed with his young children when he was shot.

Michael D. Crawford, 19, also is charged with murder in the case. He is lodged in the Genesee County Jail.

The homicide was the third this year in Mt. Morris Township, police said.